Imaging of Legacy Collections Among the CENDI Agencies

摘要

In 1996, the CENDI Information Exchange Working Group surveyed the state-of-the-practice of image scanning and optical character recognition (OCR) technologies among the CENDI agencies. This investigation resulted in three recommendations for follow-up tasks: (1) preparation of guidelines for the exchange of images among CENDI members, (2) investigation of the job descriptions and grades for employees performing scanning and OCR functions, and (3) an investigation of the CENDI agencies plans for imaging legacy collections, those documents held by each STI program that predate the introduction of scanning into the agency. These recommendations were presented to the CENDI members at the August 1996 meeting. They were approved and included in the Annual Work Plan for 1997. This report highlights the discussions held by the task group on the imaging of legacy collections. The group, composed of representatives from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information (DOE OSTI), and the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), was chaired by Barbara Bauldock (DOE OSTI). The task group met on May 28, 1997 at the DOE Forrestal Building. Each agency presented information regarding the size of its legacy collection, the amount of that collection that originated with the other CENDI agencies, the status of imaging of the legacy collection and plans for the future. This report presents the legacy collection information by agency and discussion question topic. It is followed by a brief description of imaging activities at other organizations that may include CENDI agency technical reports, an analysis of the information, and recommendations for further study.